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S0572100 (sôrt)n.1. A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind. See Usage Note at kind².2. Character or nature: books of a subversive sort.3. One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another: "A large dinner-party ... made a sort of general introduction for her to the society of the neighbourhood" (George Eliot).4. A person; an individual: The clerk is a decent sort.5. Computers An operation that arranges data in a specified way: did an alphabetic sort on the columns of data.6. Archaic A way of acting or behaving: "in this sort the simple household lived / From day to day" (William Wordsworth).v. sort·ed, sort·ing, sorts v.tr.1. To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify: sorted the books into boxes by genre. See Synonyms at arrange.2. To separate from others: sort the wheat from the chaff.v.intr.1. To make a search or examination of a collection of things: sorted through the laundry looking for a matching sock.2. To be or become arranged in a certain way.Phrasal Verb: sort out1. To separate from others: sorted out the books to be donated to the library.2. To clarify or resolve: She tried to sort out her problems.3. To bring or restore to health or good condition: A good night's sleep will sort you out.4. To reprimand or punish (someone) for a mistake or offense.Idioms: after a sort In a haphazard or imperfect way: managed to paint the chair after a sort.of sorts/a sort1. Of a mediocre or inferior kind: a constitutional government of a sort.2. Of one kind or another: knew many folktales of sorts. out of sorts1. Slightly ill.2. Irritable; cross: The teacher is out of sorts this morning. sort of Informal Somewhat; rather: "Gambling and prostitution ... have been prohibited, but only sort of" (George F. Will).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sors, sort-, lot; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]

sort′a·ble adj.sort′er n.

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In conversation and in less formal writing, people use sort of or kind of in front of a noun to say that something could be described as being a particular thing.

It's a sort of dictionary of dictionaries.I'm a kind of anarchist, I suppose.

People also use sort of or kind of in front of adjectives, verbs, and other types of word to mean 'a little' or 'in some way', or with very little meaning.

I felt kind of sorry for him.I've sort of heard of him, but I don't know who he is.

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sort of - to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"kind of, kinda, rather

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(soːt) noun a class, type or kind. I like all sorts of books; She was wearing a sort of crown.种类 verb to separate into classes or groups, putting each item in its place. She sorted the buttons into large ones and small ones.分类ˈsorter noun a person or machine that separates and arranges, especially letters, postcards etc. （邮局）分拣员，分拣器 of a sort / of sorts of a (usually poor) kind. She threw together a meal of sorts but we were still hungry afterwards. 较差的，蹩脚的 out of sorts1. slightly unwell. I felt a bit out of sorts after last night's heavy meal.不舒服的2. not in good spirits or temper. He's been a little out of sorts since they told him to stay at home.不高兴的sort of rather; in a way; to a certain extent. He was sort of peculiar!; I feel sort of worried about him. 有几分（地） sort out1. to separate (one lot or type of) things from a general mixture. I'll try to sort out some books that he might like. 选（拣）出 2. to correct, improve, solve etc. You must sort out your business affairs.改进3. to attend to, usually by punishing or reprimanding. I'll soon sort you out, you evil little man! 关照（贬义词）

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Somewhat; partially; a little. I'm happy that it's summertime, but I'm still sort of sad that school is over. A: "Are you feeling better?" B: "Sort of. My throat isn't sore anymore but I'm still congested."See also: of, sort

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and kind of somethingalmost something; somewhat; somehow. Isn't it sort of cold out? That was kind of a stupid thing to do, wasn't it?See also: of, sort

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and kind ofYes, but only to a small degree. Bob: Do you like what you're doing in school? Alice: Kind of. Henry: What do you think about all these new laws? Do they worry you? John: Sort of.See also: of, sort

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(informal) used with adjectives, adverbs and verbs when something is difficult to describe or when the word you use is not exactly what you mean: She kind of smiled at me. ♢ My new dress is sort of green. ♢ He said it sort of nervously.These phrases are sometimes written or spoken as kinda or sorta.See also: kind, of, sort

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Informal Somewhat; rather: "Gambling and prostitution ... have been prohibited, but only sort of" (George F. Will).See also: of, sort

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adv to some (great or small) extent

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